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Dear Julian Moe,

Now, that the SPDC has abondoned the so called initial "confidence
buliding" meeting with U Aung Shwe of the NLD and started arresting
the elected NLD MPs and members shortly afterwards, I would like to know 
your stand once again regarding the NLD's movements. I hope you 
understand the SPDC better now. Their behaviour will never change. They 
are so predictable.

Attached please find your reply to me regarding the meeting between
the NLD and the SPDC representatives. How deceitful do you want them to 
be? 

Minn Kyaw Minn
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>Dear Ko Minn Kyaw Minn,
                                  
>I couldn't agree with you less for your thorough explanation on >NLD's 
turning down SPDC's offer to talk.What I was thinking was if >NLD went 
to talk with SPDC even if there were conditions and if it >was just a 
deceitful scorn, the media will blow
>the lid off and the party who'll get shame and a bad name will be 
>SPDC, not the NLD.And the world will punish SPDC more.Don't you 
>think?Regards,Julien Moe

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>>Dear Julien,>> 

>On the contrary, the invitation itself was obviously highly 
>conditional, one-sided and unfair for the NLD. So, for these >reasons, 
the NLD had turned down the offer. They should not playdown >the 
seriousness of this type of meeting at all for goodness sake. >Besides, 
it was not the first time that the SPDC had pursued the >same type of 
contact. It was regretable that there was no sign of >progress from the 
side of SDPC in this aspect. The regime must not >try to brush away the 
problems and decide to deal with them when >things started to ge

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>               Title:  TEXT: U.S. DEEPLY REGRETS BURMA'S FAILURE TO 
CONVENE
>               PARLIAMENT (Calls for dialogue between Burmese 
government,
>people) (390)
>
>               Date:  19980821
>
>               Text:
>               Washington -- The U.S. Department of State issued a 
statement
>August 21 regretting the
>               Burmese government's rejection of the National League 
for
>Democracy's (NLD) call to
>               convene the parliament elected in 1990.
>
>               "The solution to Burma's political impasse can only be
>achieved through a meaningful
>               dialogue between the Burmese government and the
>representatives of the Burmese
>               people," the statement said.
>
>               Following is the official State Department text:
>
>               (begin text)
>
>               US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman
>
>               August 21, 1998
>
>               STATEMENT BY JAMES B. FOLEY, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN
>
>               BURMA -- AUGUST 21 DEADLINE FOR CONVENING THE PARLIAMENT
>
>               In June of this year, Burma's primary opposition party, 
the
>National League for
>               Democracy (NLD), called on the ruling State Peace and
>Development Council (SPDC) to
>               convene the parliament elected in 1990 by today, August 
21.
>We deeply regret the
>               Burmese government's rejection of this historic 
opportunity
>to respond to the NLD's call.
>
>               The solution to Burma's political impasse can only be
>achieved through a meaningful
>               dialogue between the Burmese government and the
>representatives of the Burmese
>               people. We note the informal meeting held on Tuesday, 
August
>18, between General Khin
>               Nyunt, SPDC Secretary One, and Aung Shwe, Chairman of 
the
>NLD. We hope that the
>               government's initiative in inviting Aung Shwe to this 
meeting
>will be a first step leading to a
>               meaningful dialogue. We support the NLD's long expressed
>commitment to reconciliation
>               through genuine dialogue.
>
>               If a genuine dialogue is to succeed it must be without
>conditions and include all interested
>               groups -- the government, the NLD, including its leader 
Aung
>San Suu Kyi, and
>               representatives of Burma's ethnic minorities. We hope it 
will
>be accompanied very soon
>               by genuine confidence-building measures on the 
government's
>part, including the release of
>               political prisoners and detained Members of Parliament.
>
>               Such a dialogue would be a means to larger ends: the
>restoration of democracy in Burma,
>               an improved standard of living for all Burmese people, 
and
>the resumption of Burma's
>               rightful place in the community of nations. To that end, 
the
>United States remains
>               committed to working in partnership with all parties of 
good
>will in Burma and with others
>               in the international community.
>
>               (end text)
>
>


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